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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
For the third Congress in a row, House members have offered a bill addressing agriculture’s labor shortage, reintroducing the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which allows year-round ag labor for H-2A workers and creates a merit-based visa program for the ag sector.
The Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City and Agri-Pulse Communications are bringing together top economists, industry leaders and government officials to offer unique insights during their 9th annual Ag Outlook Forum on September 25 at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City.
Shelby Scarpa has been added to the D.C. Legislative and Regulatory Services team as senior vice president of government relations and Janie Hipp has been tapped as the new lead of the Native Agriculture Financial Services (NAFS) organization.
Angus Kelly is the new head of government affairs at Inari, and the Organic Trade Association has brought on Joelle Mosso as senior director of technical and regulatory affairs and Scott Rice as director of regulatory affairs.
President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Anna M. Gomez, Geoffrey Adam Starks, and Brendan Carr as commissioners to the Federal Communications Commission and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization has brought on John Torres as the director of federal government relations for agriculture and the environment.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow told farm groups Tuesday that costs for fertilizer and diesel fuel have dropped sharply since last year, undermining a key argument the organizations are making for increasing support rates in the major commodity programs.
The Agriculture Department is working with groups involved in the $3.1 billion Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program to provide flexibility to farmers on how they plant cover crops, in order to ensure enough farmers sign up for the projects.
Concerns about China and other countries purchasing U.S. farmland are a hot topic for lawmakers and their constituents and may be the topic of a future farm bill hearing.
Friday marked the beginning of a “transformational chapter in agriculture” with the signing of two of the 141 contracts for USDA's Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a signing ceremony at the 2023 Commodity Classic in Orlando, Florida.
